CONSIDERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does considered mean? 

• CONSIDERED (adjective)
  The adjective CONSIDERED has 1 sense:

1. carefully weighed

  Familiarity information: CONSIDERED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSIDERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carefully weighed

Context example:

a considered opinion

Similar:

advised; well-advised (having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel)

 Context examples 

At any rate, on our side the shield, it was considered a knock-out blow to him.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He will not even go out of his way to verify his own solutions, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes considered for some little time.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Yes, I have considered yours, frequently,” I answered, puzzling over what I had seen in her eyes and puzzled by her sudden change of subject.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Having once told me that the Piccadilly house—which throughout our interview he called a "mansion"—was sold, he considered my business as concluded.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Martin considered for a moment, then answered, "Perhaps that will do, but with me I guess it's different. I never have cared—much. If you can put it on, it's all right, most likely."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Consider handing in a manuscript on this day or use it to debut your app—use this day for anything that could be considered one of the communication arts.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Besides, I now considered myself as bound by the laws of hospitality, to a people who had treated me with so much expense and magnificence.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

She no longer considered the dogs, and because she was sore and tired, she persisted in riding on the sled.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I smoke on srub and water, myself, said Mr. Omer, taking up his glass, because it's considered softening to the passages, by which this troublesome breath of mine gets into action.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)